Kesling Surname

319,816th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Poland

Kesling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kesling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0281:352,58731,585
Poland1201:316,74036,993
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
France11:66,422,722504,397
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2911:172,57315,534

Kesling (26) may also be a first name.

Kesling Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kesling Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kesling is found most in The United States. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kesling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 319,816th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,234,000 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Kesling live; 86 percent live in North America and 86 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,084,397th most widely held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 26 people.

The surname Kesling is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 1,028 people, or 1 in 352,587. In The United States it is mostly found in: Ohio, where 15 percent reside, West Virginia, where 10 percent reside and Indiana, where 10 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Poland, where 10 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.

Kesling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Kesling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kesling last name grew 353 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kesling Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Kesling surname are 3.03% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 50.2% registered with the party.

Kesling earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.28% more than the national average, earning $43,268 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kesling
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